You know all that talk we hear about cracking down on employers who hire illegal aliens? Well, you can throw that out. Our vaunted Dept. of Justice under the direction of Eric Holder and his horseholder Thomas Perez have filed another lawsuit against Arizona-specifically community colleges in Maricopa County. Their offense? Asking non-citizen job applicants for proof of legal residency.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/30/AR2010083004923.html
"The lawsuit was filed Tuesday before the Executive Office for Immigration Review, a Justice Department unit that adjudicates immigration cases. It was filed on behalf of Zainul Singaporewalla, a U.S. permanent resident who was offered a math teaching position at Glendale Community College, part of the Maricopa network.
After filling out a federal form attesting to his immigration status and producing a driver's license and Social Security card, he was told to complete another form with more immigration-related information, the lawsuit said.
That form required other documents and his green card. When he couldn't present his green card, the suit said, the college would not process his paperwork and would not let him work."
Sounds like the college was supposed to take the man's word for it.
Here is what I know. Depending upon what kind of visa you enter the US with, your ability to work is limited-just like most every other nation. If you come on a tourist visa, you are not allowed to work. Same with a student visa. Thus, you should either have a work visa or a green card.
Let's say, I go to Germany for vacation. Then, I decide to stay a couple of years and get a job. Not so easy. In order to do that, I have to have my status changed to allow me to work. I'd be willing to bet that no responsible employer will hire me without the proper documentation. And they are not going to take my word for it.
Is that some kind of human rights violation?? Is that some kind of racial profiling?What's the problem if we do it here?
Are we really getting to the point where enforcing our immigration laws as they are written is some kind of human rights violation? According to Holder and Perez, it apparently is.
The law is quite specific on what a job applicant needs to show. Employers must require each document specified by law, or one document from the available choices in each category. An employer may not require any more than that.
ReplyDeleteNo doubt people in charge of hiring, who are never quite sure of what they are supposed to do, and are always being told by co-workers, supervisors, someone else's supervisor, or some superior who isn't directly involved, what is and isn't required, get a little confused or overdo it trying not to underdo it, or vice versa.
Making things clear and simple is always a good idea. This probably can be settled without much litigation. It probably doesn't have anywhere near the significance that vigilant propaganda organs try to give every little empiric of anything that any agency anywhere ever does.